Tob. Sci., 1989, 33-11, p. 44-46, ISSN. 0082-4523
Toxicity of a new synthetic pyrethroid, tralomethrin, to the cigarette beetle
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Insecticides are occasionally needed to control outbreaks of cigarette beetles and thereby prevent undue contamination of stored tobacco or finished product. Those presently available are either ineffective (pyrethrins) or entail a possible health...